title: The properties of forms of Ruminococcus flavefaciens which differ in their ability to degrade cotton cellulose.
abstract: Two mutant strains of Ruminococcus flavefaciens strain 007 that differ in their ability to hydrolyse cotton fibres have been shown also to differ in their cell-surface topology, in that the cotton degrading form possessed larger and more protuberant cell surface structures. The strains had similar CMCase, cellobiosidase and beta-glucosidase activities. The results indicate the importance of cell-surface properties in cotton degradation by R. flavefaciens.
authors.affiliation: Nutrition Division, Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, U.K.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Duncan
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Flint
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002482:Cellulose / Q000378:metabolism*; D003368:Gossypium; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D012417:Rumen / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D002482:Cellulose